Crime was down in 2025 in the City of St. Louis: Chief Tracy
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Tracy sent a letter to the department on New Year’s Eve outlining why the City was safer in 2025. In the letter, Chief Tracy wrote that overall crime and murder offenses were down in 2025 compared to the past four years. Data released by the...
Mothers Against Drunk Driving asking people to plan ahead and have sober driver for...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - As New Year’s Eve celebrations take place across St. Louis, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is reminding drivers to make safe choices and help prevent impaired driving crashes. Volunteers with MADD are asking people to make safe choices, plan ahead and designate...
UPDATE: Man critically injured in south STL shooting on New Year’s Eve: SLMPD
District 3 officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) are investigating a shooting that left one man dead in south St. Louis.
St. Louis County postal employee assaulted over missing package
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A man is accused of assaulting a postal employee in St. Louis County over a missing package. The employee was inside an apartment lobby in the 1000 block of Old Olive Way on Monday afternoon when they were confronted about a missing package.
St. Louis honors new class of corrections officers at graduation ceremony
A special ceremony Tuesday morning in Downtown St. Louis honors cadets who just completed training as corrections officers.
St. Louis City responds to tornado damage and unhoused crisis with new winter shelter...
ST. LOUIS — The City of St. Louis announced on Wednesday that a new set of emergency shelter activation levels based on weather conditions will go into effect. They say the change will help the city and the shelter providers better predict the needs of the unhoused. The city...
Global crimes to local scandals: FOX Files year in review
From the beginning of 2025, St. Louis was making international headlines.
To address St. Louis pharmacy deserts, pharmacy, city and WashU conduct research to understand...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Nearly 52,000 people in St. Louis live in pharmacy deserts, according to new research from a collaboration between a local pharmacy, the City of St. Louis Health Department and Washington University School of Medicine. The study found that about 17% of the city’s...
County Executive Page signs 2026 Budget Bills, calls for further discussions to address funding...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - St. Louis County Executive Sam Page signed the 2026 budget bills passed by the County Council Wednesday morning. He says that he’s calling for further discussions in the new year to address funding cuts. “This budget is a starting point for basic...
January Meteor Shower Offers Unique Winter Night Experience
ST. LOUIS – The upcoming peak of the 2026 Quadrantid meteor shower in St. Louis is expected to reach its maximum activity late on Saturday, January 3, 2026, through the early hours of Sunday, January 4, 2026. The shower, known for producing bright fireballs, can deliver between 40 and...

















